Coordinating center for @ncats_nih_gov's #CTSAProgram. Innovating research training, tools & processes to help turn scientific discoveries into health benefits.
T32 scholar Nina Dashti-Gibson is connecting with the community and researching treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer at VCU. Read about how the VCU CCTR training program is supporting her by helping develop her communication and research skills: ow.ly/wA1L5102777
Ohio's 3 CTSA institutions, @OhioStateMed CTSI, @CWRUSOM CTSC & @UCResearch CCTST gathered in Sep. for Elevate: Advanced Clinical Research Symposium 2026. This collaborative event focused on strengthening the translational research workforce. Read on: ow.ly/GO4H51024xy
ALT Speaker presenting 'Operation Trialblazer' drug development initiative to an attentive audience in a conference room.
Check out UCLA's latest work on autism biology. Building upon a @UCLA_CTSI Core Voucher award, researchers identified potential therapeutic targets to advance future treatments for autism-related symptoms. Learn more: ow.ly/LCsQ510249a
ALT 3D illustration of a human brain glowing with highlighted neural activity against a dark blue background.
Two new learning courses from @SoCalCTSI recently launched: Team Science 101 and team science education and resources. Learn more about the courses and how to access them: ow.ly/WLuF5100GMA
ALT New team science educational resources launched by SCCTSI to enhance research team training.
Join the LHS-CTSA Partnerships WG on Nov. 4 for their Collaborative Huddle, featuring Dr. Kevin High to discuss "Developing an Academic LHS at Scale: The Advocate Health Example." All are welcome! Email to register: ow.ly/k2wF5101m76
ALT Flyer for the Collaborative Huddle: “Developing an Academic Learning Health System at Scale: The Advocate Health Example”. Dr. High collaborates to develop and propel administrative and operational oversight that intentionally blurs the boundaries of the academic and clinical missions. He is responsible for growing aLHS core competencies, integrating research and clinical practice models, driving embedded research and clinical trials as a care model, and reducing translation time from discovery to clinical impact. All are welcome! Clinicians, community members, health system leads, CTSAs, researchers, funders.
Tomorrow at 11:30 ET, @UPENN_ITMAT presents the Pragmatic Trials Panel Discussion, hosted by the ITMAT Education Clincal Trials Special Interest Group. This event is an opportunity to learn how pragmatic trials differ from traditional approaches: ow.ly/UXjm5101ynh
Join us today at 2pm ET for the #CTSAProgram Webinar!
This month's agenda features Sunset Reports from the Real World Data Workforce Development Across the Translational Spectrum WG & the Translational Science Competency-Based Assessment WG. Register now: ow.ly/9alN5101yqw
Explore the updated CCOS Publications page, now featuring additional CTSA-funded manuscripts dating back to 2006 - nearly 150k publications! Discover more research and insights from across the CTSA Program community. ow.ly/P7Pg50ZZG31
Join the @WUICTS this Thurs. Oct 29 for a visit from Dr. Joe Simmons: Addressing Fraud in Medical Literature. Learn how to critically evaluate medical literature in this 2-part seminar: ow.ly/vYn85100E7U
Rural hospitals are facing challenges. This week, @PennStateCTSI is hosting a 'research matchmaking' workshop on rural health & AI to bring together clinical workers and technology experts to address these challenges. Read more about the event: ow.ly/NXmq5100GHE
Join @njacts tomorrow 12 ET for their Special Populations Core 2026 Seminar Series, focused on primary care-based literature promotion in pediatrics. Request the link: ow.ly/CYPb5100FbT
Navigating the process of bringing a study to life can be complicated. @UMN_CTSI resources are available to help support investigators through regulatory and implementation processes. Learn how one UMN researcher worked with CTSI to carry out his study: ow.ly/jPWY50ZZFYo
ALT Two people fishing from a small boat on a calm lake surrounded by colorful autumn trees.
The CCOS Help page has a fresh new look! Easily find support resources, including FAQs, guidance for common tasks, account-creation walkthroughs, explanatory guides and helpful videos: ow.ly/FQJh50ZZFZ7
New research from @UCLA_CTSI: researchers found that EHR alerts could help curb antipsychotic prescribing in dementia care. Read more about the findings: ow.ly/gXMk50ZYVVo
Catch up on Fall Program Meeting highlights, innovative research, consortium news, upcoming events and NIH notices, plus the people and partnerships advancing translational science from discovery to impact in the October Ansible. ow.ly/rTSI50ZZ2PC
A new T32 training program has launched with NC TraCS to train PhD students to move drug delivery innovations from concept to clinic to commercialization. The C3 program partners 3 institutions across North Carolina in this interdisciplinary program: ow.ly/i9vm50ZYVr9
ALT Juliane Nguyen in a white lab coat examining a petri dish in a busy laboratory filled with bottles and equipment. Image overlaid with text "TraCS Training & Career Development"
Former @UCLA_CTSI KL2 Program alumnus Dr. Nicholas Jendzjowsky helped lead an NHLBI workshop exploring the lung's role as a sensory organ. Read about the workshop and the resulting report “Beyond Breathing: Lung as a Sensory Organ": ow.ly/jlBX50ZTAvg
How can a thumbnail-sized chip advance cancer research? VCU M.D.-Ph.D. student and T32 trainee Gevick Safarians uses 3D microfluidic models to study metastatic prostate cancer and bridge the gap between lab discovery and patient care. Read more: ow.ly/9Jhb50ZTIvg
From classroom to clinical research career: @PennStateCTSI’s Undergraduate Clinical Research Training Program combines coursework, hands-on internships, mentoring and career preparation to strengthen the clinical research workforce. ow.ly/GcEC50ZTARp
ALT Penn State UCRT interns stand before research presentations at the Penn State College of Medicine.
The dangers of opioid overdose continue after the event. NC TraCS Institute researchers are conducting a study to understand how post-overdose response teams can prevent overdose deaths. Read more about the study's goals: ow.ly/t0Ph50ZTzVX
ALT TraCS Research Support; photos of Micha Belden and Christopher Shea